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The 48th Annual Georgia Author of the Year Awards – Call for Nominations
The Georgia Writers Association (GWA) announces the call for nominations for the 48th Annual Georgia Author of the Year Awards (GAYA).
Mosio Improves Mobile Patron Relationship Management With New Text a Librarian Features
For Immediate Release - 12.07.11
Mosio Improves Mobile Patron Relationship Management With New Text a Librarian Features
Text Message Alerts, Announcements and Single Patron Messaging Functionality Enables Increased Engagement with More Patrons on their Mobile Devices
Canadian SF Anthology Now Open For Submissions
For Immediate Release
TESSERACTS SIXTEEN NOW OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS
(Calgary, Alberta) EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing is delighted to announce that the Canadian speculative fiction anthology "Tesseracts Sixteen: Parnassus Unbound", is now open for submissions.
ABOUT THE TESSERACTS SERIES
Simple Digital Library 5.0 Preview
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 4 November 2011 – Roaring Development has released a preview of the SimpleDL 5.0 release. Version 5.0 offers an API, enhanced book reader, improved workflow for bulk adding and editing items and seamless integration with your website. You can preview Version 5 at http://www.simpledl.com/demo.html
SimpleDL 5.0 also includes new hosted digital collections options starting at $49.95 per month. The easy to configure system will allow you to quickly and reliably start building your collections.
LibLime Koha Selected by National Museum of Women in the Arts
Bethesda, MD, November 3, 2011
National Museum of Women in the Arts has chosen LibLime Koha to replace their legacy Voyager system. The Library and Research Center has selected LibLime as their vendor of choice to implement and support LibLime Koha, as their next generation, open development, Integrated Library System (ILS).
About the National Museum of Women in the Arts
Mob Rule Learning: Librarian and Blogger Michelle Boule Trashes the Talking Head
October 31, 2011, Medford, NJ—Information Today, Inc. (ITI) announced the publication of Mob Rule Learning: Camps, Unconferences, and Trashing the Talking Head by author, blogger and Library Journal Mover & Shaker Michelle Boule.
LibLime and WALDO Announce the Connecticut Historical Society Has Selected LibLime Academic Koha
Bethesda, MD – September 28, 2011 – LibLime, a division of PTFS, and WALDO(Westchester Academic Library Directors Organization) are proud to welcome the Connecticut Historical Society to the LibLime Academic Koha development group. The Society has selected LibLime Academic Koha to replace their legacy Voyager system, because of all of the functional features designed and deployed by the WALDO Development Group, as well as the cost savings in annual support, maintenance, and
School Library Journal Recommends THE WAY I ACT for Character Education
"The Way I Act," written by Steve Metzger and illustrated by Janan Cain as a followup to Cain's earlier "The Way I Feel," has been praised by School Library Journal for providing "specific" and "clear-cut" examples that help kids understand behaviors and choices. "A useful addition to character-education curricula," wrote reviewer Kathleen Kelly MacMillan of Maryland's Carroll County Public Library.
LibLime Koha is the choice of the U. S. Founding Fathers
Bethesda, MD –September 27, 2011 –
New Paperback Explains SIDS and Sleep-Related Infant Deaths
Is there anything more heartbreaking than the death of an infant?
In "14 Ways to Protect Your Baby from SIDS: Safe Sleep Advice from the Experts" (Parenting Press, Seattle, parentingpress.com), now available in paperback, doctors Rachel Y. Moon and Fern R. Hauck explain Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and other sleep-related deaths, and which infants are at greatest risk.
The pair, whose research on SIDS is extensively published, also dispel common myths about "crib death," and they cite the most recent research on SIDS.